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MRBDC Norway and Games Lakes - Lake Assessment Program

MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN DATA CENTER

Norway and Games Lakes - Lake Assessment Program

The project area was the Norway Lake lakeshed of minor watershed 26042, which includes Games Lake. Minor watershed 26042 is included in the Chippewa River Major Watershed.

The Norway and Games Lake project was completed through the MPCA - Lake Assessment Program (LAP) in 1994. A LAP report includes general information about a lake's trophic status, factors (such as land cover/land use or point source pollution potential) affecting nutrient input to the lake, fisheries health, water quality, historical trend analysis, and watershed assessment modeling.

Watershed Assessment

Data Summary

Norway and Games Lakes - Lake Assessment Project (LAP) includes data from a watershed assessment which used two lake water quality models, MINLEAP and Reckow and Simpson. These models were used to estimate water quality based on the morphometry and watershed characteristics of Norway and Games Lakes.

DISCLAIMER

These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty. The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.